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Hello LIBR 545 Students!

In past iterations of this course, students asked me to provide a place where you could all share titles of books you're reading with each other. Rather than the appeal factors paragraphs which may come with some pressure and which requires a whole paragraph, this page is a place simply to record titles and authors, and if you want to add other info, you can, but it's completely informal. It's a great idea and so this page was born. If you're not sure how to use the UBC Wiki, here is a link that explains some of the basics: https://wiki.ubc.ca/Help:Contents

Essentially, you will log in with your UBC ID and password, and navigate to this page using the link I provided in Canvas, or by searching for LIBR545 in the search box. Once you're here, you can click on "Edit" above and you should be able to add content, including book cover images if you want.

This page is for you students, so use it however you like (within the parameters of polite society and this course context, of course!). Simply start adding your content below the line and enjoy reading each others' contributions! I've included some genre headings as these are the ones students have included in the past, but feel free to add any that are not included if you have a book that needs a new genre heading. If there is another way you'd prefer to organize the page, that is also fine - it's your space, so make it your own!

Note that graphic novels exist as non-fiction and fiction, and they span all genres. If you want to have a separate section for graphic novels, by all means do, but perhaps, to assist your peers, indicate which genre they fall into. Alternately, you could include them in the genre categories and indicate that they are graphic novels. Either approach will work. Or neither - again, this is your choice.

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What We're Reading

Mystery

Still Life by Louise Penny
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
Just Another Missing Person by Gillian McAllister
The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
Phryne Fisher Mysteries Series by Kerry Greenwood
The Grey Wolf by Louise Penny
Strange Houses by Uketsu, translated by Jim Rion
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
A Spell for Trouble by Esme Addison
Body and Soul Food by Abby Collette
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

Thriller

Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
Hangsaman by Shirley Jackson
First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston
Killing Floor by Lee Child
Daughter of Mine by Megan Miranda

Romance

The Long Game by Rachel Reid
In My Hockey Era by Kendall Ryan
Our Perfect Storm by Carley Fortune
Shoot Your Shot by Lexi LaFleur Brown
Funny Story by Emily Henry
One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston
The Duke by Anna Cowan
No Matter What by Cara Bastone
Reel by Kennedy Ryan
Slippery Creatures by KJ Charles

Historical Fiction

Fortress Besieged by Qian Zhongshu
To Rule in a Turbulent World by Fei Tian Ye Xiang
After the Disabled God of War Became my Concubine by Liu Gou Hua
Golden Terrace by Cang Wu Bin Bai
Nicked by M.T. Anderson

Science Fiction

The Great Transition by Nick Fuller Googins
A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
Afterglow: Climate Fiction for Future Ancestors by Grist (short stories)
Neuromancer by William Gibson
Saltcrop by Yume Kitasei

Fantasy

Katabasis by R.F. Kuang
Somewhere Beyond the Sea by T.J. Klune
The Villain's White Halo by Hao Da Yi Juan Wei Sheng Zhi
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab
Five Broken Blades by Mai Corland
Half Sick of Shadows by Laura Sebastian
The Knight and the Moth by Rachel Gillig

Sci Fi/Fantasy

The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin

Western

Trigun Maximum Omnibus Series by Yasuhiro Nightow
Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey

Classics

Women's Fiction

Gothic

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Goya: the Terrible Sublime by El Torres

Horror

Pet Sematary by Stephen King
The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix
Bad Cree by Jessica Johns

Contemporary & Literary Fiction

Before I knew I Loved You by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Is This a Cry for Help? by Emily Austin
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal
Last Night in Brooklyn by Xochitl Gonzalez
Autobiography of Red by Anne Carson

Memoir

No Walls and the Recurring Dream: A Memoir by Ani DiFranco
Funny, You Don't look Autistic by Michael McCreary
Famesick by Lena Dunham (x2)

Autobiography

Non-fiction

The Comfort of Crows by Margaret Renkl
Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake
The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World by Robin Wall Kimmerer
They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South by Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers
We, the Data by Wendy Wong
Not Too Late: Changing the Climate Story from Despair to Possibility by Rebecca Solnit & Thelma Young Lutunatabua